RAFFAELLO SOPRANI (1612-72)
Le vite de pittori scoltori et architetti genovesi
1674RCIN 1152351
Though a painter himself, Soprani is remembered chiefly for his collection of biographies of fellow Genoese artists. The book did not appear until two years after his death, illustrated with portrait engravings (here of Giovanni Battista Castello) by Domenico Piola, with woodcut surrounds.
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 42 (Queen Victoria's Ledger 1870-78)